Contact · Vessels · Food Every step opens the verse it rests on.
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BeginningSmall land creatures can make people and household objects unclean.“‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, — Leviticus 11:29–31 · WEB
In the commentaryBe Holy, for I Am Holy
Identify what has been affected
1 Person
2 Vessel or material
Clean it correctlyWash wooden, cloth, leather, or sack items; leave them until evening. Break an earthenware vessel that becomes unclean.Anything they fall on when they are dead shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is… — Leviticus 11:32–33 · WEB
In the commentaryBe Holy, for I Am Holy
3 Food and water
Guard what is affectedFood touched by unclean liquid becomes unclean. Break unclean ovens. Springs remain clean; wet seed becomes unclean on contact.All food which may be eaten which is soaked in water shall be unclean. All drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. — Leviticus 11:34–38 · WEB
In the commentaryBe Holy, for I Am Holy
Clean affected people and household objects“‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, — Leviticus 11:29–38 · WEB
In the commentaryBe Holy, for I Am Holy
The order of these steps is adapted from the Torah flowcharts published by OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.